Oyo Governor Makinde has urged PDP members to unite and fix the party in order to provide hope for Nigeria’s future
At the inauguration of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) elite research and intelligence arm, the People’s Democratic Institute (PDI), Governor Seyi Makinde of the Oyo State has urged stakeholders of the party to strive to reconcile the party as a panacea to fixing Nigeria.
Going down memory lane, Makinde said PDP’s problems started in 2015 due to disagreement among stakeholders.
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki also appealed to members of the party to ensure a stable PDP as no one can aspire to any office without a stable political party.
Both Makinde and Saraki spoke at the inauguration of the PDP’s PDI Board of Governors on Thursday in Abuja.
Speaking as the special guest of honour, Makinde said that Nigerians have tested the All Progressives Congress (APC) and PDP and clearly state between the two parties – which has a better ideological background to move the country forward.
According to Makinde, ”As the popular saying goes, when you marry two wives, you know who is better. We have tested the PDP and the APC. We now know which one is better. Please return to your first love which is the PDP.”
Referring to the APC-led federal government, Makinde said that the present administration has ”brought renewed trouble to Nigerians. Things are bad. Things have turned from bad to worse. We are now in renewed trouble. The PDP has to bring back a real renewed hope for Nigerians. We really need a new direction for Nigerians.”
“As we approach 2027, it is clear the PDP has to provide real hope for Nigeria. And by revitalising the PDI, that real hope is being provided for our people.
“Our country needs direction. Nigerians are looking up to the PDP to provide an ideological foundation.”, he said while unveiling the PDI board of governors.
On his future role in the PDP, Makinde vowed never to be a part of the processes that would destabilise the PDP.
The acting national chairman of the party, Amb. Illya Damagum, represented by the National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature, said the aim of inaugurating the PDI board of governors was to revitalise the intellectual arm of the party for the growth and development of the PDP.
The Director General of the PDI, Dr. Edward Adie, said the reinvigorated PDI would be the think tank of the party as well as training of all elected officials of the PDP
He said that it is modelled after the United States, National Democratic Institute (NRI) and the National Republican Institute (NRI)
